Allah the Exalted commands contemplation of His Book, meaning reflection and attentive thought concerning it. And [reflecting over] both it’s fundamental principles and its ultimate conclusions, and its underlying attributes, for in contemplation of the Book of Allah are the keys of knowledge and understanding, and from it is derived every good and extracted all knowledge. And it increases one in eemaan in the heart and fortifies his position. For verily it makes one aware of the Lord who ought to be worshiped, and of His perfect attributes, and He does not suffer from a shortage of names, and it makes one aware of the the path which is conducive to Him and the qualities of the people of that path, and what [reward] is incumbent for them. And it makes one aware of the enemies which are the enemies of the truth, and the path which is conducive to punishment, and the qualities of its people, and what are the causes of punishment for them.

And along with the slave’s increasing in reflection over it [the Qur’an] comes an increase in ‘ilm (knowledge) and (good) deeds and insight, and that is why Allah commands that and encourages it and He informs us that that is the objective of revealing the Qur’an, and He the Exalted said, “A blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.” [38:29] and He the Exalted said, “Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’an, or are there locks upon [their] hearts?” [47:24].

And from the benefits of contemplating the Book of Allah is that through that the slave reaches a level of yaqeen (certainty) and ‘ilm that it is the Speech of Allah, that he sees that one part affirms another, and that one part concurs with another. So you see the wisdom and stories and information which are repeated in the Qur’an in many places – all of them in agreement and mutual affirmation, no part contradicting another part. And by that he knows the completeness and perfection of the Qur’an and that it is from One who has knowledge of all things. And concerning this Allah the Exalted said, “If it had been from other than Allah, they would have found within it much contradiction” – meaning, so since it is from Allah there is no contradiction in the first place.